[PATCH] drivers: pnp: proc.c: Removed unnecessary varibles

bkkarthik bkkarthik at pesu.pes.edu
Mon Apr 26 13:52:54 EDT 2021


On 21/04/26 03:50PM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 02:00:58PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 6:57 AM Leon Romanovsky <leon at kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 03:08:03PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > > On 4/22/21 12:03 PM, Anupama K Patil wrote:
> > > > > de, e are two variables of the type 'struct proc_dir_entry'
> > > > > which can be removed to save memory. This also fixes a coding style
> > > > > issue reported by checkpatch where we are suggested to make assignment
> > > > > outside the if statement.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like a reasonable change.
> > >
> > > It is unclear how much changes to ISA code are welcomed.

If changes to ISA code aren't welcomed, should these be marked obsolete in the MAINTIANERS file?

> > 
> > Real fixes and obvious cleanups are, not much more than that.
> 
> While first part is easy to determine, the second one is more blurry.
> 
> > 
> > > According to the Wikipedia, even Windows Vista disabled ISA PnP by default.
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Plug_and_Play#Specifications

I wasn't aware until after this reply. Sorry about that!

thanks,

karthik

> > 
> > It is indeed unclear how many systems with this interface still run
> > Linux, but as long as the code is in the tree, there's nothing wrong
> > with attempting to improve it.  There's no assurance that all such
> > patches will be applied, though.
> > 
> > Thanks!



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